Jim Craig: Well, we all know Herb made the Olympic team back in sixty. Herb Brooks: Like hell there is! And as they went on, staffers handed over hats to wear. What's going on? A few more months wouldn't hurt. This film is about the men's ice hockey Tournament at 190 Winter Olympics, played between the USA and the Soviet Union. All I know is that that kid can flat out play! Mike Eruzione: Easy big guy. I wanna go to the NHL just like everyone does. The private sale to the collector, who requested anonymity, was brokered by California-based SCP Auctions.

I don’t know. The stick has the original grip tape at the handle and the blade and Eruzione's name on both sides of the shaft. On Feb. 22, 1980, the United States ice hockey team, composed exclusively of amateur players, stuns the defending gold medalist Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. I'LL PLAY ON ONE LEG! Decades have passed since Mike Eruzione’s go-ahead goal gave the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team a 4-3 lead over the Soviet Union, a lead that would be fiercely tested over the final ten minutes of the final period, the Russians blasting shot after shot at goaltender Jim Craig until those final, frenetic seconds drained away, a young Al Michaels immortalizing the moment with his signature “Do … That's my point. Jack O'Callahan: YOu know what Coxy let me ask you a question. Jack O'Callahan: You know Rizzo. It's funny you say that. There's plenty there to keep you busy! The heavy underdogs then went on to beat Finland to win the gold medal.

It'll be all right. Mike did his best to keep peace within the team during the months leading up to the Olympics.

How would you feel? Dave Silk: O.C's got a little unfinished business over there. “If we knew we were going to piss off this many people, we probably would not have put the hats on,” Eruzione, 65, told the Washington Post. Herb Brooks: You worry about your own game. Rob McClanahan: We've got parents buying tickets. For Mike Eruzione and his teammates, though, no moment will ever be bigger than the Miracle on Ice. And he was surprised it drew such blowback, noting if they could do it over, they would. Mike Eruzione signed 1980 Team USA Olympic Hockey 16X20 Photo Custom Framing w/ Flag- Game Winning Goal Miracle on Ice Almost Gone! Rob McClanahan: But Doc said I can't play. Sports Illustrated via Getty Ima On the night before the big game 40 years ago, Mike Eruzione was drinking Miller High Life with his parents in a … Herb Brooks: A bruise on the leg is a hell of a long way from the heart, candy ass. Rob McClanahan: I AM A HOCKEY PLAYER! In the Olympics! He's got the attitude I want on and off the ice. He'll do whatever it takes. Cox: Cause I love to play hockey. You're damn right Sweden!